August 2018 - ghc-tickets

[GHC] #9221: (super!) linear slowdown of parallel builds on 40 core machine
by GHC 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

#9221: (super!) linear slowdown of parallel builds on 40 core machine -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: carter | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: high | Version: 7.8.2 Component: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Compiler | Type of failure: Compile-time performance bug Keywords: | Test Case: Architecture: | Blocking: Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- im seeing slowdowns in parallel builds of a (simple!!) 6 module project when I build it on a 40 core server i'm using for work. for any given ghc invocation with -jn, once n>10, i start to see a super linear slow down as a function of n heres some basic numbers at -j1 0m2.693s at -j4 0m2.507s at -j10 0m2.763s at -j25 0m12.634s at -j30 : 0m39.154s at -j40 : 0m57.511s at -j60 : 2m21.821s these timings are another 2-4x worse if ghc is invoked indirectly via cabal-install / setup.hs according to the linux utility latencytop, 100% of ghc's cpu time was spent on user-space lock contention when I did the -j40 invocation. the timing in the -j40 case stayed the same even when ghc was also passed -O0 (and -fforce-recomp to ensure it did the same ) a bit of experimentation makes me believe that in *ANY* cabalized project on a 40 core machine will exhibit this perf issue. cabal clean ; cabal configure --ghc-options="-j" ; cabal build -j1 should be enough to trigger the lock contention. That said, I'll try to cook up a minimal repro that i can share the source for post haste. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9221> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #15460: Literals overflow
by GHC 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

#15460: Literals overflow -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hsyl20 | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.4.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Incorrect result Unknown/Multiple | at runtime Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Consider the following example: {{{#!hs {-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-} import GHC.Int main :: IO () main = do let x = I# (0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff#) print x }}} It gets desugared into: {{{#!hs main = print @ Int GHC.Show.$fShowInt (GHC.Types.I# 7237005577332262213973186563042994240829374041602535252466099000494570602495#) }}} Problem: the literal value isn't rounded and there is no overflow warning. It breaks the invariant that literal values in Core have to be in range. Bad things can happen when we break this invariant: {{{#!hs {-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-} import GHC.Int import Control.Monad main :: IO () main = do let x = I# (0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff#) when (x > maxBound) $ do print "Oups" > ghc TestLitOverflow.hs -Wall -O2 > ./TestLitOverflow "Oups" }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15460> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #15529: runtime bug when profiling retainers
by GHC 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

#15529: runtime bug when profiling retainers -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: flip101 | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.4.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I have this project https://github.com/flip111/ghc-runtime-bug1 When i execute the following commands: {{{ stack clean stack build stack build --ghc-options '-j4 -O0 -rtsopts=all -fprof-auto -fprof-auto- calls -fprof-cafs' --executable-profiling stack exec vfix -- +RTS -hr -sstderr }}} After the compilation messages i get the following error: {{{ vfix: internal error: Invalid object *c in pop() (GHC version 8.4.3 for x86_64_unknown_linux) Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug Command terminated by signal 6 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15529> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10739: Resuscitate the humble ticky-ticky profiler
by GHC 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

#10739: Resuscitate the humble ticky-ticky profiler -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Debugging/TickyTicky ticky- ticky profiler] is known to be quite bit-rotted. Indeed there currently isn't even a definitive list of the counters, much less what they counter and whether they are still accurate. That being said, it can be quite useful and is worth putting effort into bringing back up to grade. There are a few things that need to be done here, 1. Collect a list of the existing counters 2. Work out what they are supposed to be measuring 3. Decide which still have a chance of being useful and accurate 4. ??? 5. Profile! -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10739> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #14252: ApplicativeDo: Add compiler message about irrefutable pattern matches and Monad constraints
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#14252: ApplicativeDo: Add compiler message about irrefutable pattern matches and Monad constraints -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mutantmell | Owner: (none) Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Add an error message to the compiler when ApplicativeDo desugaring: * requires a Monad constraint when a Functor/Applicative constraint is expected * Adding a lazy pattern match could allow the Functor/Applicative constraint bgamari suggests something like the following message: {{{#!hs ApplicativeDo is enabled yet Monad is required due to irrefutable pattern match; perhaps you want to make the match refutable by adding a ~? }}} Background: In GHC 8.2.1, ApplicativeDo desugaring was changed to require monad constraints when using a strict pattern match (see #13875 for details). While this behavior is a requirement for maintaining the intended semantics of ApplicativeDo, it is both a breaking change, and somewhat unintuitive (see #14249). Adding a message would provide both clarification around the requirement, and provide a simple resolution for the common use case. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14252> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #15479: Return HsType GhcTc from tc_hs_type
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#15479: Return HsType GhcTc from tc_hs_type -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: int-index | Owner: (none) Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: ⊥ Component: Compiler | Version: Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- This is a part of https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Design/TypeRefactor -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15479> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #14451: Type synonym of type family causes error, error jumps to (fairly) unrelated source location
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#14451: Type synonym of type family causes error, error jumps to (fairly) unrelated source location -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- {{{#!hs {-# Language KindSignatures, TypeOperators, PolyKinds, TypeOperators, ConstraintKinds, TypeFamilies, DataKinds, TypeInType, GADTs, AllowAmbiguousTypes, InstanceSigs, RankNTypes, UndecidableInstances #-} import Data.Kind data TyFun :: Type -> Type -> Type type a ~> b = TyFun a b -> Type type Cat ob = ob -> ob -> Type type family Apply (f :: a ~> b) (x :: a) :: b where Apply (CompSym2 f g) a = Comp f g a data CompSym2 :: (b ~> c) -> (a ~> b) -> (a ~> c) type a·b = Apply a b class Varpi (f :: i ~> j) where type Dom (f :: i ~> j) :: Cat i type Cod (f :: i ~> j) :: Cat j varpa :: Dom f a a' -> Cod f (f·a) (f·a') type family Comp (f::k1 ~> k) (g::k2 ~> k1) (a::k2) :: k where Comp f g a = f · (Apply g a) }}} This compiles, but if I replace the final line by {{{#!hs Comp f g a = f · (g · a) }}} oddly enough I get an error message about the method `varpa`! Seemingly unrelated apart from using `(·)`: {{{ $ ghci2 hs/093-bug.hs GHCi, version 8.3.20170920: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( hs/093-bug.hs, interpreted ) hs/093-bug.hs:23:33: error: • Expected kind ‘i ~> i’, but ‘f’ has kind ‘i ~> j’ • In the first argument of ‘(·)’, namely ‘f’ In the second argument of ‘Cod’, namely ‘(f · a)’ In the type signature: varpa :: Dom f a a' -> Cod f (f · a) (f · a') | 23 | varpa :: Dom f a a' -> Cod f (f·a) (f·a') | ^ Failed, 0 modules loaded. Prelude> }}} NOW — let's randomly remove both lines that mention `CompSym2` and it mysteriously works, again! `Apply` and `(·)` seem to be equal up to variable names, I can't spot why {{{ >> :set -fprint-explicit-foralls >> :set -fprint-explicit-kinds >> :set -fprint-explicit-coercions >> >> :kind Apply Apply :: forall {a} {b}. (a ~> b) -> a -> b >> :kind (·) (·) :: forall {a} {k}. (a ~> k) -> a -> k }}} but it works if I define `(·)` as a type family rather than a synonym: {{{#!hs type family (f::a ~> b) · (x::a) :: b where f · x = Apply f x }}} so it's some difference between synonyms and TFs, but is it intentional? It's certainly odd how the error messages jumped the `varpa` method when we actually modified `Comp`. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14451> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #13256: Warn on out-of-range literals in pattern matches too
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#13256: Warn on out-of-range literals in pattern matches too -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rwbarton | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- We have these nice warnings for numeric literal expressions that are out of range of their type: {{{ Prelude> 100000000000000000000000000000000 :: Int <interactive>:1:1: warning: [-Woverflowed-literals] Literal 100000000000000000000000000000000 is out of the Int range -9223372036854775808..9223372036854775807 }}} but nothing for numeric patterns: {{{ Prelude> (\x -> case (x :: Int) of 100000000000000000000000000000000 -> 0) 8 :: Int <interactive>:3:8: warning: [-Wincomplete-patterns] Pattern match(es) are non-exhaustive In a case alternative: Patterns not matched: p where p is not one of {100000000000000000000000000000000} *** Exception: <interactive>:3:8-64: Non-exhaustive patterns in case }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13256> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #10930: missing empty-Enumeration warning for `Natural`
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#10930: missing empty-Enumeration warning for `Natural` -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: #7881, #10929 Differential Rev(s): | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10930> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9505: Bounded instance for Word (and possibly others) uses unboxed literals
by GHC 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

#9505: Bounded instance for Word (and possibly others) uses unboxed literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Unknown | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- There's a comment above saying GHC won't optimise. I think since 7.8 they are unboxed by default, so that comment and the explicit constructors can be removed. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9505> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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